WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that antitrust authorities have the resources they need to protect consumers. The Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act unanimously passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee today.
“Consumers depend on the FTC and Justice Department...
WASHINGTON – In recognition of National Police Week,
the Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced
a package of bills supporting America’s law enforcement officers and their
families. Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) also led his colleagues in a resolution
commemorating the service of America’s law enforcement officers. “Day in and day out, the...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 13 colleagues in sending a letter to the international business community warning them about resuming business with Iran if U.S. sanctions are lifted.
“Your member companies may see this potential removal of U.S. sanctions on Iran as a lucrative opportunity. Trust us, they...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced the bipartisan Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act to help families access life-saving care for children with complex medical conditions. The legislation aims to facilitate access to care while retaining program safeguards and reducing regulatory burdens on providers....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Cedar Rapids will hold traveling office hours in six counties around Eastern Iowa throughout May. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share concerns on matters of federal policy may stop by during the scheduled hours.
These meetings...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 05-10-21Topics include: Cattle market transparency, student loan relief, cameras in the courtroom, prescription drug pricing and IRS oversight.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are pressing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for information about what steps the agency is taking to protect the health and safety of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) amid the increase of migrant crossings at the southern border.
In a letter to Secretary Xavier Becerra,...
Q&A: What’s Driving Up Rx Prices?
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s happening with your efforts to reduce prescription drug prices?
A: I’ve got good news and bad news. The bad news is our drug pricing regime is broken. A web of secrecy shrouds flaws in the system that rewards certain stakeholders at the expense of independent pharmacy...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 05-06-21Topics include: Flood management, bipartisanship, infrastructure, John Kerry investigation, D.C. statehood and Sen. Grassley's 99 county meetings.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on the State Department and its independent watchdog to investigate allegations against John Kerry, the former secretary of state and current special presidential envoy for climate, for potentially mishandling sensitive and classified information. According to news reports, Kerry may have disclosed covert...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member
of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today urged the Department of Justice (DOJ)
to direct the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to expeditiously revise the proposed rule
published on November 25, 2020, regarding...
WASHINGTON – A man who fraudulently obtained asylum and
U.S. citizenship was hired by the Obama administration to adjudicate the very
immigration petitions and forms on which he repeatedly lied. The case has Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa),
ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, raising new questions about immigration
vetting protocols, the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently introduced legislation along with his colleagues, Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) that would require U.S. schools and universities to disclose their financial ties to the Chinese government including its Confucius Institutes, which are a part of the Chinese...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) along and a group of Senate Finance Committee Republicans, in calling on Chairman Wyden to open an investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s cover-up of the nursing home death toll. “This committee has direct oversight on this issue and a responsibility to act when HHS...
WASHINGTON – At a classified national security briefing on the ongoing border
crisis, Biden administration officials declined to provide details that were
previously shared with staff. Now,
Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on the
immigration officials to provide a more fulsome assessment of the national
security...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking additional information about former Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent financial disclosures. Kerry now serves as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. Those financial disclosures show millions in income from major corporate financial institutions and energy firms.
News reports indicate that ethics...
WASHINGTON – Sen.
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
to promptly implement recommendations from a recent Government Accountability
Office (GAO) report that could improve customer service for Americans who
recently experienced a natural disaster. Many
Americans struggle to navigate FEMA’s processes for...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan, bicameral group of
lawmakers this week introduced legislation to better ensure that law
enforcement and first responders who are disabled in the line of duty have
prompt access to the benefits they’ve been promised. The Protecting America’s First Responders Act was authored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa),
ranking member of the...
Q&A: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebrated in May?
A: In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the first joint congressional resolution to celebrate the cultural, social and economic contributions of Asian Pacific Americans from May...
WASHINGTON – At a press conference yesterday, a broad, bipartisan coalition of senators and advocates pressed for Congress to pass the recently introduced the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. The bill is led by its author, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and longtime legislative partner Sen. Chuck Grassley...
